Todd Akin

With tens of thousands of abortion opponents descending on the National Mall for the annual March for Life rally, Republicans in the U.S. House had been planning to take up a bill Thursday that many of those attendees would like to see approved.

The legislation sought to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with exemptions for some victims of rape or incest and in cases when a woman's life was in danger.

But after some female and some moderate GOP legislators — including Lehigh Valley Republican Charlie Dent — pushed back, House leaders switched course, instead calling a vote on a ban on using federal funds for abortions.

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